Elementary Team 2: Ashley Cothron, Christopher Jones, Shelby Ginty, Jordan Williams

This Scavenger Hunt will be focusing on The Terrestrial planets of our Solar System. Read each question carefully using the links in the questions to find your answers. Write your answers down on a separate sheet of paper.


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Earth


1. What planet is the only planet in our solar system known to harbor life?

Follow the link below to locate your answer:

National Geographic

2. What is the orbit size of Earth?

3. How many days does it take the Earth to make one orbit around the Sun?

Venus


4. Venus is approximately miles from the sun.

Follow the link below to locate your answer:

Venus Facts

5. Does Venus go through phases like our moon?

6. In what year did Galileo first observe the phases of Venus?

7. How long is one Venusian day?

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Mercury


8. Compared to the other planets, how large is Mercury?
a. largest
b. second largest
c. sixth largest
d. eighth largest

9. How many moons does Mercury have?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3

10. What is the name of the largest crater on Mercury?
a. Beethoven
b. Titan
c. Caloris Basin
d. Mickey Mouse

11. Compared to the other planets, how dense is Mercury?
a. densest
b. second densest
c. third densest
d. fourth densest

Mars

12. What is the name of the largest volcano in the solar system


13.What is the name of the moons of Mars?


14. What is the mean radius of Mars?


15. What is the average temperature of Mars in degrees Celsius?